Spirits Calling – an Interview with Hamid Drake Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media

An interview with the great Hamid Drake ... www.freejazzblog.org/2025/04/spir...

Nate Wooley - Henry House (Ideologic Organ, 2024) Read the review of Nate Wooley - Henry House (Ideologic Organ, 2024) on The Free Jazz Collective

More Nate Wooley on the Free Jazz Blog! Today Sarah "FLAKE" Grosser reviews "Henry House".

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Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley – Polarity 3 (Burning Ambulance Records, 2024) Read the review of Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley – Polarity 3 (Burning Ambulance Records, 2024) on The Free Jazz Collective

Don Phipps listens to Ivo Perelman and Nate Wooley's 'Polarity 3' on Burning Ambulance. Spolier: He likes it. @burningambulance.bsky.social

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Schick, Håker Flaten, Steidle - The Cliffhanger Session (Zarek, 2024) Read the review of Schick, Håker Flaten, Steidle - The Cliffhanger Session (Zarek, 2024) on The Free Jazz Collective

Paul Acquaro reviews (admittedly a bit delayed) the excellent "Cliffhanger Session" from Ignaz Schick, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Ollie Steidle.

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Life is Great - Option A (Owl Way Records, 2024) Read the review of Life is Great - Option A (Owl Way Records, 2024) on The Free Jazz Collective

Sarah Grosser reviews "Option A" from Life is Great, a Berlin based up-and-coming quartet consisting of German drummer/composer Johannes Koch, fellow German Johannes “Jojo” Mann on guitar, Danish bassist Thorbjørn Stefansson, and Danish saxophonist Asger Nissen.

The musical adventures of Gonçalo Almeida Read the review of The musical adventures of Gonçalo Almeida on The Free Jazz Collective

Are you having trouble keeping up with Portuguese bassist Gonçalo Almeida's prolific discography? Well, let go of your worries and check out the Free Jazz Blog, we're here for you.

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Two from Paul Dunmall Read the review of Two from Paul Dunmall on The Free Jazz Collective

A few albums from Paul Dunmall may not solve the world's current problems but they certainly do not make them worse and will definitely will make you feel a hell of a lot better! Thank you Paul from the Free Jazz Blog.

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PainKiller - Samsara (Tzadik, 2024) Read the review of PainKiller - Samsara (Tzadik, 2024) on The Free Jazz Collective

Martin Schray reviews PainKiller's Samsara on #Tzadik Records.

"Anyone who now believes that the three of them will deliver an album that sounds more subdued and mellow with age is mistaken."

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The Art of Feedback of Stefan Prins and Feedbackorchester Read the review of The Art of Feedback of Stefan Prins and Feedbackorchester on The Free Jazz Collective

@eyalh.bsky.social on experimental composer and electronics player Stefan Prins whose recent collection of compositions, inhabit, has elevated feedback to a principal compositional method.

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Representing the Free Jazz scene in North Macedonia (Part 1 of 2) Read the review of Representing the Free Jazz scene in North Macedonia (Part 1 of 2) on The Free Jazz Collective

Join the Free Jazz Blog on a discovery of the Macedonia free jazz scene: www.freejazzblog.org/2025/01/repr...